Chap. VIL of Gardening^ 175: 



May-Bugs are very eafy to exterminate, Y^^ ^^^^ ^^h^^ffp^^^^^ 

 Ihake tlie Trees where they ftick, fpreading a Cloth below chlfm^ 

 to catch them in, and they will all fall down : You fliouM others C(?4> 

 then throw them prefently into the Fire, or Water, left' they 

 return. You muft not content yourfelf with only crufhing 

 them in the Walks, for the Ground yielding to the Foot, 

 you kill but very few, and the reft foon after fly up to the 

 Trees again* Rain is a great Enemy to thefe InfetSs, as well . 

 as to Caterpillars. 



Ants, or Emmets, are very injurious to Trees, when - 

 once they find the way to them ; they are driven away by 

 ftrewing very fine Saw-duft about the Root of the Tree ; for 

 when they find the Saw-duft ftir under them, they run 

 away, and are afraid to come near it; Same make ufe of 

 Veffels full of Water and Honey fet at the Foot of the Tree, 

 which drowns them 5 others anoint the Body of their Trees 

 with Bird-Lime, which hinders them from getting up. 

 There is alfo another Secret to catch them, which is to 

 throw into the Ant-Hill a Bonehalf pick'd, whicli in an in- 

 ftant willbe cqver'd with a Million of tliefe Infefts, and ta- 

 king it out qviick, dip it into Water and drown them then 

 make ufe of the Boae again as before, and by doing thus; 

 you entirely ruin- tliem. You may likewife burn them witli 

 Straw, , or with hot Alhes ftrewed upon the Ant-Hill. 



Cantharides are a Sort of Flies that ftick to the 

 Tops of fome Trees, efpeciaily the A&. They are de^- - 

 ftroy'd by pouring or throwing upon, the Heads of the. 

 Trees, by means of a little Pump or Squirt, Water in whicli . 

 Rue has been boiled. 



Snails ftick to the young Buds of a Tree, and witEf : 

 their Slime do them a great deal of Mifchief. They are ea- 

 fily taken with your Hand, if you look for them Morning 

 and Evening, efpeciaily after Rain, for then they come out 

 in the greateft Abundance i they fliouid be prefently crulh'd ~ 

 under foot. 



ToKS are great Worms that live in' the Ground, ancf 

 gnaw the Roots of Trees, at the Feet of which you Ihould^ 

 dig to find them out, and kill them at once. You may cherr 

 fill up the Hole with new Earthy after having cut the Roots 



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